Peer-assessment is a process wherein students grade the
work of their peers rather than relying on an expert. With
the recent advent of online tools for peer-assessment [1]
it is possible to utilize peer-assessment within any course
context, even extremely large courses, with virtually no
logistic or economic barriers. Given this potential for
widespread use, the present paper highlights the
pedagogical value of peer-assessment by breaking down
a specific assignment and highlighting the manner in
which the learning experienced by students maps onto
prominent categorizations of strong pedagogy. We argue
that peer-assessment provides a powerful compliment to
multiple-choice testing by providing support for the sort
of deep, critical and creative learning that is simply not
possible to either encourage or assess via multiple-
choice.